US actor Bradley Cooper has followed Leonardo Dicaprio's footstep by suing a French magazine that reported his relationship with model, Irina Shayk. Leo sued same magazine Oops for reporting he got Rihanna pregnant. Are these actors just messing with this magazine or what? TMZ reports below..

    Bradley Cooper's relationship with supermodel Irina Shayk is nobody's business -- at least in France, according to a lawsuit the actor just filed against a magazine there. Cooper's gunning for Oops! magazine over its May 28 story declaring ... "L'amour au grand jour" ... which loosely translates to ... love out in the open.

    In the lawsuit, filed by French legal eagle Vincent Tolédano ... Cooper says he's never spoken publicly about dating Shayk, so the story violates his right, under French law, to a "private life." It sounds weird in this country, but Bradley might have a case in France where celebrities are treated more like your average Pierre ... at least when it comes to privacy.

    He's suing Oops! for 11,000 euros. Interestingly, Tolédano just filed a similar lawsuit for Leonardo DiCaprio against the same magazine for its cover story claiming he knocked up Rihanna. Oops! tells us it has no idea why Cooper is suing, since their story is based on photos that ran in a Spanish magazine. In fact, those same photos were also everywhere in the U.S.

Some folks this morning took to the street of Port Harcourt to stage a peaceful protest over the alleged plan by the state governor, Nyesom Wike to dissolve the state Local Government Councils. The Council Chairmen who spoke at the protest said any attempt by the governor to sack them from office will be resisted. More photos from the protest after the cut...

The US government has provided a $10.5 million grant for the rehabilitation of the internally displaced persons in Northeast Nigeria. The grant was announced in a statement released by the USAID today June 11th.

The statement in part reads;

    "The grants will support the activities of the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve access to health care services for affected populations in Boko Haram affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. With this new funding, total U.S. humanitarian assistance since the start of the crisis is nearly $44 million."

As part of its strategic positioning of delivering unrivaled high-speed broadband and data services to its esteemed customers, SWIFT Networks Limited, Nigeria’s leading provider of high-speed broadband and data services to enterprise and consumer customers recently completed the acquisition of the spectrum of Chromecom (subsidiary of Monarch Communications Limited)- another licensed operator, to boost the broadband speed for its existing customers and additional capacity for prospective customers.

SWIFT Networks have also concluded arrangement for the deployment of over 1,000 4G Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) base stations in Lagos State to provide itsteemingcustomers with unmatched broadband experience.
Speaking on the development, the Managing Director, SWIFT Networks Limited, Mr. Charles Anudu described the acquisition of the spectrum of Chromecom as a strategic drive for the company in its constant quest for better service delivery to its valued customers.
“As a company, we believe in pursuing strategic initiatives that ensure that we continuously reinforce our brand essence and value proposition to our teeming customers. With the additional spectrum from the Chromecom acquisition, the refarming of our WiMAX spectrum for 4G LTE services and the additional base stations deployment, we will deliver an ultra-fast broadband experience comparable to the best anywhere in the world’’ he enthused.
According to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mr. Chuma Okoye “Delaying our expansion to Abuja and Port Harcourt till now was deliberate to ensure that we would have first nailed down the Lagos market properly and then mustered the resources, human and otherwise, experience, systems and processes to ensure that our success is replicated in these new markets " he stated
In his own remark, the General Manager, Consumer Sales and Marketing, SWIFT Networks Limited, Mr. Philip Sonibare stated that over 100,000 existing WiMAX customers would be migrated to the to the new 4G LTE network in the third quarter of 2015, free of charge for the modems to ensure that the customers enjoy a future-proof experience, irrespective of the evolution of technology.

‘’The benefit to these customers will be a free upgrade to a much faster and more efficient network for better service experience. This will also enable us to improve the experience of our existing 4G LTE customers as we deploy more of our spectrum and base station resources to add more capacity to the network. Closer to the time the new upgrade will be ready, we will formally inform our customers as to how they can exchange their 4G WiMAX modem’’ he explained.

A security expert has explained why Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has so far not been allowed to attend any of the national security meetings President Buhari has had with Service Chiefs since he assumed power. On June 2nd and yesterday June 10th, President Buhari met with the Service Chiefs without Osinbajo and this has led to some media houses reporting that the Vice President was "locked out" from the Defence House, venue of the meetings.

A security expert explains why the pastor and lawyer can't be allowed into such meetings for now. See that after the cut...

The security expert explaned that Vice President Osinbajo is not a trained military officer and so it will take the military some time before sensitive intelligence can be shared in his presence. He also made reference to the Vice President's affiliation to Tinubu. What he said below...

    "I am sure he would have been invited if he had security background. Being a Professor of Law is fine, but in terms of intelligence and access to security information, you are nowhere near the rank of Colonel or equivalent in the Nigeria Military. Look, I have watched some footages that if the VP gets to see, he would lose appetite for days. Now, we have someone who has been in luxury virtually all his life, attaining the position of VP and some people are clamouring for his presence in highly sensitive talks. The truth is that the military hierarchy would not even feel comfortable saying some things in his presence. I can tell you that they respect Prof. Osinbajo as VP but they cannot trust him with information yet.

    You cannot compare him to Buhari who served in many military roles, chased away a militia that was threatening Nigeria security, overthrew a military government, became Head of State, fought corruption and went ahead to instill discipline among a stubborn citizenry. The VP would have to go through what is called ‘Stimulation’. This is a process where he is lectured on terms, dealings, operations etc. of the military. His inner strength, strong heart and ability to keep things to himself will first be put to test before he gets access to some classified materials and information. We must understand the fact that Osinbajo was a candidate promoted by Bola Tinubu (ex-Lagos Governor), he was not handpicked by Buhari. If the President had picked a vice, it is likely that such individual may get the access Osinbajo isn’t getting now. Everyone knows the VP has been loyal to Tinubu for decades and he cannot swear that he would not divulge details of these security meetings to his political godfather. So he has to earn it. Tinubu may have used his influence to put him in this position but he must draw a line between blind loyalty and national duty.” he told Daily Independent

Sophie Momodu was surprised with a birthday dinner at Eko Hotel & Suites organized by her baby daddy, Davido. Awww, he looks smitten. See more photos after the cut...

Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, who was elected and officially inaugurated yesterday has resumed his official post. More photos after the cut...